Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.4
English (machine translation) 29.4
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29.4.1
And on the introductory (prāyaṇīya) and concluding (udayanīya) days the ritual is identical to that of a one-day sacrifice (aikāhya).
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The Vāmadevya is day after day the pṛṣṭha-sāman of the Maitrāvaruṇa.
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The Vāmadevya is indeed appeasement and healing.
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Thus day after day appeasement and healing are produced in the sacrifice.
29.4.5
Then day after day they recite these pragāthas containing 'ka'.
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Ka is Prajāpati.
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Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in Prajāpati.
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Moreover, employing different unappeased hymns of the multiday sacrifice (ahīna-sūktas), they proceed.
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Through these pragāthas containing 'ka', they go on appeasing them day after day.
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Then day after day these regular (tantryā) Triṣṭubh introductory verses of the recitations (ukthapratipads) are recited.
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The Triṣṭubh is strength and heroic might.
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Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in strength and heroic might.
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The Maitrāvaruṇa recites the Saukīrti hymn [containing the verse] 'Drive away, O Indra, all our enemies...', which contains the word 'thrust away', to drive away evil.
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The two opening verses of the recitation for the other two [hotraka priests] belong to the same ṛṣi as their hymns.
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[The verses] 'With prayer, yoked to prayer, I yoke for you' and 'Wise one, guide us to a wide realm' are endowed with 'brahman' and 'wide' (uru).
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Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in the brahman and in wide roaming.
Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit